The picture reprises the origin story of Doctor Strange, from arrogant neurosurgeon to Sorcerer Supreme. As with some Marvel heroes, a goodly chunk of time is spent giving the previous-life story, and just enough background to see how he moves to his new life.
The story begins with the doctor occasionally Seeing Things, which are really other Sorcerers fighting supernatural creatures, invisibly to the general public (which we could call muggles). At one point, several of the Sorcerers understand that Strange can see them, but don't act on it.
At one point, he examines a comatose child. He says he can't help her, but when he examines her, he gets a vision of a fiery and menacing being. As with his other sightings, he cannot understand why he's seeing what he's seeing, but there's little he can do about his vision.
In time, Strange gets injured in a car wreck (set off by supernatural-type visions), messing up his hands. He learns that the damage to his hands is incurable, which leads him on a quest to see whether his hands could be cured by anyone. After traveling far and wide, he exhausts his finances and becomes like one homeless. Eventually, he's led to Tibet, where he encounters The Ancient One and a band of Sorcerers.
Over time, he learns humility, and then trains slowly to be like the other Sorcerers. The captain of these Sorcerers is Mordo, who is a warrior. He leads them to repel/destroy the peculiar beasts that wreak havoc in the world, but that humans can't see.
Spoilers follow: The Ancient One is the Sorcerer Supreme. He is looking for a successor, as he is ailing, and perceives that a replacement may be needed. We learn that an alien being from another dimension, Dormamu, once was trying to conquer the "other dimensions," but was repulsed successfully by The Ancient One in the past. With The Ancient One's health failing, Dormamu intensifies his attempts to break out of his dimension, by using his creatures.
Mordo is sent to cope with a pair of the monsters, and although The Ancient One gave him orders on how to deal with them, Mordo thought he knew better, and disobeyed The Ancient One.
I'll leave the rest of the story unstated.
The animation is ... well, okay, but nothing to brag about. The interdimensional scenery is adequate, but was much more imaginative in the original comic book.
The story begins with the doctor occasionally Seeing Things, which are really other Sorcerers fighting supernatural creatures, invisibly to the general public (which we could call muggles). At one point, several of the Sorcerers understand that Strange can see them, but don't act on it.
At one point, he examines a comatose child. He says he can't help her, but when he examines her, he gets a vision of a fiery and menacing being. As with his other sightings, he cannot understand why he's seeing what he's seeing, but there's little he can do about his vision.
In time, Strange gets injured in a car wreck (set off by supernatural-type visions), messing up his hands. He learns that the damage to his hands is incurable, which leads him on a quest to see whether his hands could be cured by anyone. After traveling far and wide, he exhausts his finances and becomes like one homeless. Eventually, he's led to Tibet, where he encounters The Ancient One and a band of Sorcerers.
Over time, he learns humility, and then trains slowly to be like the other Sorcerers. The captain of these Sorcerers is Mordo, who is a warrior. He leads them to repel/destroy the peculiar beasts that wreak havoc in the world, but that humans can't see.
Spoilers follow: The Ancient One is the Sorcerer Supreme. He is looking for a successor, as he is ailing, and perceives that a replacement may be needed. We learn that an alien being from another dimension, Dormamu, once was trying to conquer the "other dimensions," but was repulsed successfully by The Ancient One in the past. With The Ancient One's health failing, Dormamu intensifies his attempts to break out of his dimension, by using his creatures.
Mordo is sent to cope with a pair of the monsters, and although The Ancient One gave him orders on how to deal with them, Mordo thought he knew better, and disobeyed The Ancient One.
I'll leave the rest of the story unstated.
The animation is ... well, okay, but nothing to brag about. The interdimensional scenery is adequate, but was much more imaginative in the original comic book.